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- 10/2/2012
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Another adaptation is on its way, this time in the fashion of Diana Wagman's The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets. According to Deadline, In Cahoots, the production company run by Ken Kwapis and Alexandra Beattie, has acquired film rights.
The novel is a dark psychological tale that Ig Publishing releases November 13. Kwapis has begun adapting the book and will direct the film.
The book follows Winnie Parker, mother to an angst-ridden teenage daughter and ex-wife of a famous game show host, who is kidnapped. What follows is a psychological game of cat and mouse set in the kidnapper’s tropically heated house—kept that way because the kidnapper is a reptile lover who has set up his home as a haven for Cookie, a menacing seven-foot long Iguana. While desperately seeking to escape, Winnie uncovers the mystery surrounding her captivity.
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The novel is a dark psychological tale that Ig Publishing releases November 13. Kwapis has begun adapting the book and will direct the film.
The book follows Winnie Parker, mother to an angst-ridden teenage daughter and ex-wife of a famous game show host, who is kidnapped. What follows is a psychological game of cat and mouse set in the kidnapper’s tropically heated house—kept that way because the kidnapper is a reptile lover who has set up his home as a haven for Cookie, a menacing seven-foot long Iguana. While desperately seeking to escape, Winnie uncovers the mystery surrounding her captivity.
More as it comes.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
- 10/1/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Ken Kwapis is not a director that we pay attention to much, mostly because his filmography is just a bit out of our demographic. Back in the 90s, he directed the orangutan comedy Dunston Checks In, and more recently helmed lighthearted fare like The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, License to Wed, He's Just Not That Into You, and Big Miracle. But his next project sounds like a big departure for the filmmaker, as Deadline reports that he's writing and directing an adaptation of Diana Wagman's novel The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets. It's a kidnapping story with a twist involving a seven foot long iguana. Read on! The story follows Winnie Parker, a normal woman with a teenage daughter and an ex-husband who hosts a game show. One day, she's kidnapped and taken to the kidnapper's home, which is kept in tropical heat because of Cookie, a...
- 10/1/2012
- by Ben Pearson
- firstshowing.net
With a title like The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets, one might understandably assume Diana Wagman's soon to be released book is a specialty instruction manual on animal caretaking. In fact, it's a thriller about a single mom named Winnie Parker whose life is thrown into the balance when she is haphazardly kidnapped. Trapped in a house with her unbalanced abductor and Cookie, his demanding seven-foot long iguana, Parker must carefully discern the reasoning behind her capture so that she might return home to her moody but beloved teenage daughter. The novel won't hit store shelves until November 13th, but Deadline reveals Ken Kwapis and his production company In Cahoots have already bought the book's movie rights. Kwapis, who most recently helmed the whale-centered drama Big Miracle, will write and direct. This is an unexpected project for Kwapis on a couple of fronts. First off, he's best-known for...
- 10/1/2012
- cinemablend.com
In Cahoots has acquired the film rights to Diana Wagman's upcoming dark psychological novel "The Care And Feeding Of Exotic Pets" says Deadline.
The story follows the mother of an angst-ridden teenage daughter and ex-wife of a famous game show host. She is kidnapped and held in a tropically heated house along with the kidnapper's pet seven-foot long Iguana.
A psychological game of cat and mouse soon ensues as she desperately seeks escape. Ken Kwapis ("Big Miracle") has begun adapting the book and will direct the film while Alexandra Beattie will produce.
The story follows the mother of an angst-ridden teenage daughter and ex-wife of a famous game show host. She is kidnapped and held in a tropically heated house along with the kidnapper's pet seven-foot long Iguana.
A psychological game of cat and mouse soon ensues as she desperately seeks escape. Ken Kwapis ("Big Miracle") has begun adapting the book and will direct the film while Alexandra Beattie will produce.
- 10/1/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Ken Kwapis, who most recently directed the whale-centric The Big Miracle, is taking a more dangerous look at animals with The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets, based on the forthcoming novel by Diana Wagman, says Deadline.
The story goes like this: Winnie Parker, mother to an angst-ridden teenage daughter and ex-wife to a successful game show host who left her for a twenty-something contestant, begins a normal day in her hum-drum existence by dropping her car off at the repair shop. After accepting what she believes is a ride to pick up her rental car, Winnie realizes too late that she's been kidnapped. What follows is a riveting psychological game of cat and mouse set in the kidnapper's tropically heated house -- kept that way for Cookie, a menacing seven-foot long Iguana headquartered in the kitchen.
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The story goes like this: Winnie Parker, mother to an angst-ridden teenage daughter and ex-wife to a successful game show host who left her for a twenty-something contestant, begins a normal day in her hum-drum existence by dropping her car off at the repair shop. After accepting what she believes is a ride to pick up her rental car, Winnie realizes too late that she's been kidnapped. What follows is a riveting psychological game of cat and mouse set in the kidnapper's tropically heated house -- kept that way for Cookie, a menacing seven-foot long Iguana headquartered in the kitchen.
Read more...
- 10/1/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Exclusive: In Cahoots, the production company run by Ken Kwapis and Alexandra Beattie, has acquired film rights to The Care And Feeding Of Exotic Pets, the Diana Wagman dark psychological novel that Ig Publishing releases November 13. Kwapis has begun adapting the book and will direct the film. The book follows Winnie Parker, mother to an angst-ridden teenage daughter and ex-wife of a famous game show host, who is kidnapped. What follows is a psychological game of cat and mouse set in the kidnapper’s tropically heated house—kept that way because the kidnapper is a reptile lover who has set up his home as a haven for Cookie, a menacing seven-foot long Iguana. While desperately seeking to escape, Winnie uncovers the mystery surrounding her captivity. Wagman’s previous novels include Bump, Spontaneous and Skin Deep. Kwapis most recently directed Big Miracle for Working Title and Universal, and this novel caps...
- 10/1/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Ken Kwapis, who most recently directed the whale-centric The Big Miracle , is taking a more dangerous look at animals with The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets , based on the forthcoming novel by Diana Wagman. Winnie Parker, mother to an angst-ridden teenage daughter and ex-wife to a successful game show host who left her for a twenty-something contestant, begins a normal day in her hum-drum existence by dropping her car off at the repair shop. After accepting what she believes is a ride to pick up her rental car, Winnie realizes too late that she's been kidnapped. What follows is a riveting psychological game of cat and mouse set in the kidnapper's tropically heated house -- kept that way for Cookie, a menacing seven-foot long Iguana headquartered in the kitchen. While...
- 10/1/2012
- Comingsoon.net
I've followed Electric Literature [Link Nsfw -Tu] with some interest online over the past six months or so, both through Twitter and their blog, The Outlet. Part literary journal, part literary app builder (perhaps most notably the custom app they made for Stephen Elliott's The Adderall Diaries), they value both their writers and their readers' method of subscribing. Of course this not to say that other journals don't, but I'm not sure how many small lit outfits can afford to pay their writers $1000 per story and still be able to offer print editions.
That said, this isn't a review concerning the changing business models in the literary world. I'm an avowed print-loving dino who took years to come around to using Google Reader. I'm not the person you want to ask about Kindle vs. iPad. Let us get to the stories then, shall we? Hopeless completist that I am, I wanted to start with No.
That said, this isn't a review concerning the changing business models in the literary world. I'm an avowed print-loving dino who took years to come around to using Google Reader. I'm not the person you want to ask about Kindle vs. iPad. Let us get to the stories then, shall we? Hopeless completist that I am, I wanted to start with No.
- 2/21/2011
- by Tamatha Uhmelmahaye
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